Category: Songs of Thanksgiving
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An Invitation to Sing
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. Thanksgiving—being thankful and grateful for the undeserved blessings God lavishly pours out on us—isn’t merely reflexive and passive. It’s active and expressed in so many different ways. But that isn’t how many people in our world understand thankfulness. We say we’re thankful…
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A Song of Repetition and Remembrance
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever” (Psalm 136:1). The unique relationship between music and memory is astounding, isn’t it? God has designed our minds in such a way that we can go years—decades even—without singing…
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A Song of Undiminished Joy
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep…
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Praiseworthy Music and Thankful Songs
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. My wife and I were talking recently about how easy it is to fall into the pattern of praying about and thanking God for physical needs more than we pray about and thank God for the spiritual needs he graciously…
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Songs of Thanksgiving
This post is part of the series, Songs of Thanksgiving. Find the whole series here. For many people, November is a month when we intentionally reflect on all the things for which we’re thankful. Health, family, work, finances, possessions, relationships, friends . . . As Christians, we know these are all undeserved earthly blessings—gifts from God for…